Gwalior panchang, 16 May 2026
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:56 Moonrise 04:38 Vaishakha month
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India · 26.23°, 78.17° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:56- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:31 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 05:31 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:40
- Yamaganda 13:54 – 15:34
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:56 to 05:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:56 – 21:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 17:30 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 10:25
- Karana Chatushpada until 15:23, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 10:25 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 15:23 Karana becomes Naga
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:31 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:31 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:54 – 15:34
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:06 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:40
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:56 – 21:03
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:31 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:12 – 08:52 | Good |
| Rog | 08:52 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 12:13 | Bad |
| Char | 12:13 – 13:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:54 – 15:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:34 – 17:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:15 – 18:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:56 – 20:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:15 – 21:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:34 – 22:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:54 – 00:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:13 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:11 – 05:31 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:27 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:31 Aries
- 05:31 – 07:27 Taurus
- 07:27 – 09:42 Gemini
- 09:42 – 12:00 Cancer
- 12:00 – 14:15 Leo
- 14:15 – 16:29 Virgo
- 16:29 – 18:46 Libra
- 18:46 – 21:03 Scorpio
- 21:03 – 23:08 Sagittarius
- 23:08 – 00:52 next day Capricorn
- 00:52 – 02:22 next day Aquarius
- 02:22 – 03:49 next day Pisces
- 03:49 – 05:27 next day Aries
- 05:27 – 05:31 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method